mukaʿbar

knotty, knobby, gnarled

مُكَعْبَر

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Adjective

Root

ك ع ب ر

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وقال الشاعر في قوم يحسنون في القول ويسيئون في العمل، قال أبو حفص: أنشدني الأصمعي للمكعبر الضبي :

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 3 entries
  • كعبر Open entry
    See Supplement
  • كُعْبُرَةٌ Anything compact
    and ↓ كُعْبُورَةٌ Anything compact (K, TA) and round: (TA:) and the latter, i. q. عُقْدَةٌ [meaning a knot, or a knob]: (TA:) [pl. of the latter كَعَابِيرُ: see خِرْوٌ: see also أَخْرَمُ]. ― -b2- Also The seed-vessel [i. e. siliqua, or pod,] of the radish and some other plants. (IAar, TA voce إِسْحَارٌّ.)
  • كُعْبُوْرَةٌ Open entry
    : see كُعْبُرَةٌ.

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